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TexasTowelie

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Wed Feb 24, 2021, 02:03 AM Feb 2021

Rick Scott wants National Guard out of U.S. Capitol [View all]

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott drilled down on the continued National Guard deployment at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, saying he was “flabbergasted” and bemoaning a detail he claims has lasted for “months on end.”

By mid-afternoon, Scott was calling for those troops to return to their home states.

“Thankful for the [troops] keeping us safe. These brave individuals have been away from their homes & families for weeks. But no one from today’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing seemed to know why. It’s time to reevaluate the rationale for keeping them in D.C. & get them back home,” Scott tweeted.

Scott’s tweet followed up comments in that hearing Tuesday afternoon in the Senate on the Capitol Riots, in which he asked various law enforcement officials who were in place that fateful day about the decision to have an ongoing National Guard presence.

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/406421-flabbergasted

Considering that there are rumors of another attempt at an insurrection on March 4, having the National Guard spend a couple of weeks more at the U.S. Capitol appears prudent.

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And I want all you seditionist f'n quakes out of our Congress, and out of our lives. niyad Feb 2021 #1
Go back to your guano cave, batboy Blue Owl Feb 2021 #2
Well... Mike Nelson Feb 2021 #3
And he's not the only one MyMission Feb 2021 #4
Could you tell us more about March 4th? Dreampuff Feb 2021 #8
It was inauguration day until 1933 MyMission Feb 2021 #9
Maybe after March 4. no_hypocrisy Feb 2021 #5
By March 4th? AKwannabe Feb 2021 #6
I would like Prick Scott out of Florida ... SarcasticSatyr Feb 2021 #7
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